resources Archives - Barbara Buckner Suárez

EnCouragement

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | doula, resources, support

Interview with Jennifer Fisher of EnCourage Doula Care (NOTE: While I hope that this post will provide information and be a positive resource for women and families, it’s important to note that the subject matter of this post involves pregnancy loss and...

34 = A Spring Chicken, But 35 = An Old Bird?! I Cry Fowl!

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | activism, resources

I was busy all weekend doing what I love: teaching expectant families all about how to get a baby out (Saturday – Express Class) and where to go when the baby is actually coming out (Sunday – Maternity Tour). It was a gorgeous, sunny, not-too-hot weekend...

Happy World Doula Week!

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | birth workers, calling, connection, doula, family-centered, preparation, resources, support

I can’t let this week go by without a shout-out to all of the wonderful women I know personally, and professionally, who’ve taken up the call to become a doula. A doula is a woman trained to assist other women in childbirth and/or to support a new family following the...

Practical Packing for L&D

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | packing, planning, preparation, resources, supplies

This post is for all the Mommas who’ve asked me over the years, “What should I pack for the hospital?” But it’s especially for two particular Mommas who asked me over the weekend. One posed this question during an express class and I didn’t have time to get into my...

Just Dance

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | Childbirth Education, coping, dancing, preparation, resources, techniques

Childbirth Educators usually encourage their families to consider dancing their babies out. Why? Well, it’s an upright position which helps gravity do it’s job of bringing the baby down before it comes out (essential to the process, really). Dancing allows...

A Family That Thrives

by Barbara Buckner Suárez | 31Days, parenting, resources

After my husband I got married, well-meaning people would ask us all the time, “When will you be starting a family?” Which was just the more polite way of saying, “When are you going to get busy and make some babies?” But weren’t we a family? I mean, we had chosen one...